23.0.60; bug in modify-syntax-entry after unicode2 merge

[joakim@verona.se]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I use the supercollider mode in emacs,
and it has the equivalent of the following code:

  (modify-syntax-entry ?\^ "." (make-syntax-table))

If you run this you will get the following error:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument characterp 67108896)

The code used to work before the unicode2 merge.


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In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.4 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.5)
 of 2008-02-08 on chopper
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10300000
configured using `configure  '--with-gtk' '--with-x' '--with-xpm' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff' '--with-gif' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg2' '--enable-font-backend' '--with-xft''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=none
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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  gnus-dired-mode: t
  erc-truncate-mode: t
  erc-track-mode: t
  erc-spelling-mode: t
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  erc-pcomplete-mode: t
  erc-netsplit-mode: t
  erc-log-mode: t
  erc-button-mode: t
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  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
t SPC t h e SPC f o l l o w i n g SPC e r r o r : <return> 
C-y <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> C-SPC <C-down> C-w 
<up> <up> <down> <down> <down> T h e SPC c o d e SPC 
u s e d SPC t o SPC r o t k <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> w o r k SPC b e f o r e SPC 
t h e SPC u n i c o d e 2 SPC m e r g e . C-c C-c q 
C-n C-n C-n C-a C-a C-k C-k C-x 1 C-c C-c q C-x 1 C-x 
C-f C-g <up> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> C-x C-f <backspace> . e l i s <return> <return> 
C-c C-f C-g M-o C-x C-f . g n u <return> M-x e v a 
l SPC <backspace> SPC b u SPC <return> C-x b <return> 
C-x b m a i <left> <return> C-c C-c q C-x 1 <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> C-a 
C-SPC <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> C-w C-x k <return> y e s <return> M-x 
<up> <up> <return>

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